Jason Jones: Kings new identity is "coming along"

[VF21]

...Corbin will be coaching his 10th game today since replacing Malone. He said he’s tried to add new things in small doses to get the Kings to play faster with discipline.

When the Kings first tried to implement the new style, players ran up court to launch shots wildly, but Corbin said that’s improving.

“That’s the misconception that people think because you want to run and you play fast, that you don’t run any sets,” Corbin said. “When you play fast, you play out of sets; you just have to make sure you get the ball up the floor quickly.”...


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[VF21]

Looks like somebody lit a fire under Jones' butt and told him to either file some stories from the road or pay for the trip himself.

 

[SacTownKid]

Well he's saying all the right things. I would say that ball movement was the one major issue with this team under Malone, if they can slow it down a bit in the half court, go back to their strengths, go back to the kind of effort defensively they showed under Malone, and put more free flow motion into the offense only good things will come.

 

[lawlman91]

Of course its improving. It was destroyed and there's nowhere to go but up. It's improving but its still poopoo

 

[Tetsujin]

Of course its improving. It was destroyed and there's nowhere to go but up. It's improving but its still poopoo

It's like saying your housing situation has improved because it's no longer on fire but rather a pile of ashes.

 

[kingsboi]

what identity exactly is he referring to? is he talking about watching Rudy isolate and go into four defenders?

 

[Spike]

There's some snark from Rudy, if you can read through it:

“I’m learning on the fly, just like everybody else,” said forward Rudy Gay. “It’s an adjustment. It’s something that as one of the leaders of this team, something I’ve got to be OK with regardless of what my feelings are about it. You’ve got to be OK for the team and help the team grow."

Did we get to the acceptance stage of grieving? Where was the bargaining?